blog post Video: A Conversation with Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins By Stephanie Barton Aug 18, 2020 Senator Atkins joins PPIC’s Mark Baldassare to discuss how California can address the COVID-19 pandemic and the related economic downturn.
blog post Commentary: Improving Forest Health Can Build Jobs, Economies in Rural California By Henry McCann, Van Butsic Jul 6, 2020 Putting Californians to work improving the health of the state’s headwater forests would boost economic recovery and reduce wildfire risk.
blog post California’s Economy Takes a Hit By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune May 28, 2020 The unemployment rate has at least doubled in all but nine counties during the COVID-19 pandemic, and job loss has affected every sector of the state’s economy.
blog post The Economic Toll of COVID-19 on Small Business By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune May 19, 2020 With many small businesses closing, laying off employees, or reducing workers’ hours, policy efforts that support these businesses will be important for California’s economic recovery.
blog post Lessons from the Great Recession Can Protect College Students Today By Kevin Cook, Hans Johnson Apr 29, 2020 State funding for public higher education saw deep cuts during the last downturn, while for-profit colleges moved to the forefront.
blog post Unemployment Benefits in the COVID-19 Pandemic By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Apr 9, 2020 Nearly 2 million unemployment insurance claims have been filed in California over the past three weeks. What kind of benefits can these newly unemployed workers receive?
page COVID-19 Mar 1, 2020 The coronavirus outbreak poses a tremendous challenge to California, the nation, and the global community. PPIC’s analyses examine the impacts of COVID-19 and how policy choices and other actions can help address them.
blog post Should Applying for College Financial Aid Be a High School Requirement? By Courtney Lee Sep 19, 2019 A bill introduced in the state legislature would make it mandatory to apply for college financial aid as a way to increase the share of students who receive awards.
blog post New Federal Data Sheds Light on Student Debt in California By Hans Johnson Aug 9, 2019 For the first time ever, the federal government has released data on college graduates’ student debt by type of degree and field of study.
blog post State-level Strategies to Reduce Student Debt By Courtney Lee Mar 19, 2019 With college costs and student debt on the rise in California, state policymakers are considering ways to ease the burden of student loans.
